:: Kasihnya Ibu ::

Kasih ibu sampai ke syurga. My mom is always the best!

I had a diarrhea on last Saturday. With husband work from early morning till at 9pm only he back at home. What can I expect? He can't take any leave as he already had enuff. Well, next week will be my sis's wedding so dah kena apply cuti untuk hari tersebut. I can't cook. I went to the toilet countlessly. Abdominal cramp, vomitting, etc. Melayan both babies. Delisha kejap bukak diapers sendiri. Kejap terkencing tak sempat nak bawak gi toilet. Kejap nak air. Kejap sepahkan biskut. Adik pulak dah pandai merayap. Kejap masuk bawah kerusi, kejap kelebet bawah karpet. Ohhh.. my! Ada jugak I terlelap and dikejutkan dengan teriakan Delisha dan tangisan Amirul. Challenging enuff. Both breastfeed lagi tu. I minum air je. Sampai terfikir, apelah yang diorang syok sangat hisap ni. Sebab I tak makan ape pun. Makan buah epal pun muntah semula. 

And then my mum called. She's too concern and worried sebab I tak makan. I said don't worry, I makan ape-ape je yang ada. Nak masak tak larat. Nak kunyah, nasib baik larat.

Then half an hour later, someone bagi salam and knocked the door. Yes, it's my mom's angels. Yes? No? My mom called my aunt who stay nearby and asked her if she could prepare me some meals and asked her daughters to send the meals to me. 

Sobsss.. sedih. Dan terharu. 

On Sunday, had late lunch at Manhattan Fish Market. Hari cuti husband. He works 6days per week. Tak best, kan? Redeem at the Mall of Medini. I mean, the Groupon coupon. Tak habis pun, nasib baik the staff allowed us to tapau. Berpeluh I makan. Dahlah perut tak sedap. MFM kat Medini Mall ni sungguh panas. Macam takde econ.

My lovely princess!! :P

Dah settle makan, I waited for husband and delisha pi jalan mana tah.. I sat at the bench. Suddenly there are two young women approches me and asked  

"Kak, free tak..boleh jawab survey tak?" One of them asked.

"Ohh.. boleh.. buat research ke? Survey pasal ape ni?" *please support research culture!*

"Survey pasal produk herba. Kami ni dari FRIM."

I said Ok.. then I answered all the questions. Mostly she asked me on herbal product consumption, brand awareness, the nutritional value, etc. When it came to demographic information, she asked me on my status of study, work experience, anak dah berape, umur, etc. 

Husband came when we're about to finish. Dah sudah tu, she gave a token - a note book by FRIM. I said thanks and hulur tangan nak salam. This young women cium tangan I masa salam. It touched me. A lot. Naluri 'cikgu' datang menjelma. All these while,  I taught adult learners. Most of my students, tak jauh beza umur..selalunya much older than me. Well.. I started teaching at tertiary level of education at my young age-22 years old. Pernah, a former student, someone wayyyy older than me (seorang guru dalam usia 40-an) kiss my hands masa salam. Ramah sangat.. sampai rasa kerdil nye diri ini. Rasa macam apalah sangat ilmu yang disampaikan tapi rupanya ada insan yang menghargai setitis ilmu yang dikongsikan tu. 

Rasa a bit syahdu di situ. I gave her smiles, asked Delisha to bye-bye kakak and then leave...

Tak lama lepas tu, husband mulalah investigate. Siape perempuan tu? Die tanye ape, dari mana, etc. 

I said, "...die dari FRIM. buat research tentang produk herba."

Husband "Ohhh..die salam cium tangan honey. Die student eh?"

"Taklah.. die kate die keje dengan FRIM. researcher kot."

"Ohhh..apesal die salam cium tangan?"

"Hehe. entahhh?"

"Die kagum ngan honey kot. Ney sambung belajar lagi. Anak dah dua."

Husband, your words memang sweetlah. Made my day, a quick remedy for my sakit perut.

Balik rumah, golek-golek. Hai, hai econ. Bye-bye duit. Lai lai tido. Bila hari menjelang malam pun rasa macam lemau je. At 10pm, time tengok MasterChef.. tetiba dengar bunyi kereta parking depan rumah, dengar suara yang memang sangat dikenali.

"Assalamualaikummmm.. Echa, tok ibu datang niii."

Yes, my big momma coming. Hehe. Sayang mak kepada anak kan. Datang bawak nasik beriyani. Sobbss.. Sedih lagi. 

SooOO.. nak bagi hadiah mother's day tertunda apakah to my mom? 

Kasihmu tak terbalas. 

My ibu. 

I owe some feedback on tandem nursing and breastfeeding. Sorry for Baizura Natasha and another reader (sorry tak sempat nak find back your comment, dear). Will be back soon.